ABSTRACT

First published in 1928, this volume examines the routes to India which originated as a means of communication and casual trading voyages in the late 18th century but which evolved under European imperialism, adding vast significance and definite lines of access alongside economic and social uses in times of peace, strategic access in times of war and acting as political objects on all occasions. Halford Lancaster Hoskins responded to the solicitude of the Powers of Europe in relation to countries in the eastern Mediterranean, which had been a conspicuous feature of international relations since the rise of the Eastern Question.

chapter Chapter I|25 pages

Beginnings of English Interest in Egypt

chapter Chapter II|28 pages

International Competition for the Overland Route

chapter Chapter III|26 pages

Blows at Britain's "Feet of Clay"

chapter Chapter IV|23 pages

Steam and the All-Sea Route to India

chapter Chapter V|25 pages

Tentative Trials of the Suez Passage

chapter Chapter VI|26 pages

The Shaping of a British Eastern Policy

chapter Chapter VII|29 pages

Attempts to Open the Euphrates Route

chapter Chapter VIII|25 pages

Paving the Way to India

chapter Chapter IX|28 pages

Establishment of the Overland Route

chapter Chapter X|30 pages

The Comprehensive Plan of Communication

chapter Chapter XI|25 pages

Disputed Guardianship of the Routes to India

chapter Chapter XII|30 pages

Beginnings of the Suez Canal

chapter Chapter XIII|22 pages

The Euphrates Valley Railway

chapter Chapter XIV|30 pages

The Building of the Suez Canal

chapter Chapter XV|25 pages

Telegraphic Routes to the East

chapter Chapter XVI|25 pages

Improvements in Eastern Communications

chapter Chapter XVII|30 pages

Revival of Projects for an Alternative Route

chapter Chapter XVIII|28 pages

The Canal and the Control of Egypt